#B8A450#B8A450

#B8A450 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A450
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 56.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -3.35, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 45.70, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0115 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.107 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4919, 37.3220, 12.9749)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A450 #5064B8

analogous

#B87050 #B8A450 #98B850

triadic

#B8A450 #50B8A4 #A450B8

tetradic

#B8A450 #50B870 #5064B8 #B85098

square

#B8A450 #50B870 #5064B8 #B85098

split-complementary

#B8A450 #5098B8 #7050B8

monochromatic

#655929 #90803B #B8A450 #CABB7C #DBD1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B8A450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A450

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A450	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be84',
    500: '#b8a450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a450;
$custom-light: #d0be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71887,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A450

secondary

#9BA4C9

accent

#6ED256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A450

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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